.故事发生在 1990 年，孤独的单身汉大卫（布莱恩·兰迪斯·福金斯饰）试图摆脱照顾年迈母亲（凯瑟琳·布雷迪饰）的日常苦差事。 在通过视频约会服务寻找伴侣时，他发现了一个奇怪的 VHS 录像带，名为 Rent-A-Pal。 由迷人而有魅力的安迪（威尔惠顿）主持，录像带为他提供了急需的陪伴、同情和友谊。 但是，安迪的友谊是有代价的，大卫拼命地努力负担入场费。
WRITERS RETREAT is a horror film written by Jeremy Sheldon & C.M. Taylor set on fictional Kilton Island where strangers come together to develop their writing. Mark Twain famously said: "Write what you know". But how far would you go to find material for the ultimate bestseller? At a writer's retreat on an isolated island, novelist Zandra finds herself amongst a group of strangers confronting their darkest secrets as they write. When a member of the party mysteriously disappears, Zandra fears there is a more sinister presence trapped on the island with them. WRITERS RETREAT is filmed in a classic British Hammer Horror style using the strange features of its location to create a hauntingly terrifying film with atmosphere and menace. The script delves deep into human emotions and honesty, causing the characters to ask questions about themselves that they didn't know they had and question the audience as to whether things are quite what they seem.
孤儿萨曼塔，和她的养父母以及妹妹奥利弗住在一起，但是他的养父并不喜欢她，老是责骂她。由于他们的家位于森林深处，所以回家必须经过森林，但是，他们不知道森林里有树怪，他们能诱捕儿童，然后把抓到的孩子困到他们的巢穴，然后再幻化成孩子的模样，回到他们的父母身边，所以数百年来，这片森林数百年来都有儿童走失的案例，不幸的是，由于萨曼塔的疏忽，让她的妹妹独自穿过森林，然后就被树怪掳走啦，接着就发生了一连串死亡事件，那么萨曼塔一家能够逃过一劫吗？
世间本没有鬼，鬼是藏在人们心中的魔，如果心魔作怪，就会发生蛮荒可怕的事情，诱发出人的犯罪行为。本故事巧妙的设计，用一种幻觉的手法，驱除了人的心魔，没有达到实施犯罪的恶果，使人与人之间化解心结，和睦相处。这是一部青春励志篇，是一个讲理劝和的电影故事。
